Indigenous spiritual traditions encompass a wide range of beliefs, practices, and worldviews developed by native cultures across continents and centuries.Indigenous spiritual traditions encompass a wide range of beliefs, practices, and worldviews developed by native cultures across continents and centuries. This book offers you an introductory survey of these traditions, exploring how communities from North America, Africa, Australia, Asia, and beyond understand the sacred, the natural world, and the relationships between people, ancestors, and spirits. You will learn about creation stories, ceremonial practices, healing traditions, and the role of oral history in preserving cultural knowledge. The book also considers how colonization affected these traditions and how many continue to adapt and endure today. Generated with the assistance of artificial intelligence, this text-only guide is intended as a starting point for readers seeking a clear, factual overview of a complex and varied subject.Indigenous spiritual traditions encompass a wide range of beliefs, practices, and worldviews developed by native cultures across continents and centuries. This book offers you an introductory survey of these traditions, exploring how communities from North America, Africa, Australia, Asia, and beyond understand the sacred, the natural world, and the relationships between people, ancestors, and spirits. You will learn about creation stories, ceremonial practices, healing traditions, and the role of oral history in preserving cultural knowledge. The book also considers how colonization affected these traditions and how many continue to adapt and endure today. Generated with the assistance of artificial intelligence, this text-only guide is intended as a starting point for readers seeking a clear, factual overview of a complex and varied subject.